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#	Author:
#		Nathan Collins <npcollins@gmail.com>
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"""This modules handles sending emails.
"""

# imports
import smtplib, re

def isemail(emailstr):
	# verify if this string looks like an email address
	emailstr = emailstr.strip()
	emailcheck = re.compile(r'^[\w.-]+@[\w.-]+\.\w{2,5}$')
	check = emailcheck.search(emailstr)
	if check is not None:
		return 1
	return 0

def sendemail(emailFrom,emailTo,emailSubject,emailMessage):
	# send an email
	msg = 'Subject: %s\n%s' % (emailSubject, emailMessage)
	# the SMTP server
	serv = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
	# send mail
	serv.sendmail(emailFrom,emailTo,msg)
	# and quit
	serv.quit()

# eof

